1937 - Today
Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than sixty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Paxton has received more than 648,133 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Paxton is the 1,894th most popular musician (down from 1,579th in 2019), the 9,718th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,932nd in 2019) and the 771st most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Tom Paxton ranks 1,894 out of 2,662. Before him are Jimmy Buffett, Mr. Oizo, Elvin Bishop, Carita Holmström, A. R. Rahman, and Gem Archer. After him are Ringo Sheena, Anders Fridén, Steve Smith, Woody Shaw, Ray Cooper, and Ane Brun.
1946 - 2023
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 1,888
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 1,889
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 1,890
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 1,891
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 1,892
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 1,893
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 1,894
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 1,895
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 1,896
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 1,897
1944 - 1989
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 1,898
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 1,899
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 1,900
Among people born in 1937, Tom Paxton ranks 445. Before him are Linda Lavin, C. R. Hagen, Robert Paul, Ali Treki, Tatyana Talysheva, and Emiliano Rodríguez. After him are Arturo Chaires, Sidney Coleman, Isabelle Daniels, Little Willie John, Lucinda Williams, and Peter Cook.
1937 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 439
1937 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 440
1937 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 441
1937 - 2015
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 442
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 443
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 444
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 445
1937 - 2020
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 446
1937 - 2007
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 447
1937 - 2017
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 448
1937 - 1968
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 449
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 450
1937 - 1995
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 451
Among people born in United States, Tom Paxton ranks 9,718 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879), Spark Matsunaga (1916), Pete George (1929), Olive Borden (1906), F. Albert Cotton (1930), and Anna Deavere Smith (1950). After him are Norman Fell (1924), Ted Sorensen (1928), Ralph Lewis (1872), Lesley Ashburner (1883), Leatrice Joy (1893), and Don Davis (1957).
1879 - 1967
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,712
1916 - 1990
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,713
1929 - 2021
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,714
1906 - 1947
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,715
1930 - 2007
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,716
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,717
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 9,718
1924 - 1998
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 9,719
1928 - 2010
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 9,720
1872 - 1937
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 9,721
1883 - 1950
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 9,722
1893 - 1985
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 9,723
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 9,724
Among musicians born in United States, Tom Paxton ranks 771. Before him are Ellis Marsalis Jr. (1934), Michael Landau (1958), Jimmy Heath (1926), Al Foster (1943), Jimmy Buffett (1946), and Elvin Bishop (1942). After him are Steve Smith (1954), Woody Shaw (1944), Sleepy John Estes (1899), Robert Levin (1947), Clarence White (1944), and Les Baxter (1922).
1934 - 2020
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 765
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 766
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 767
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 768
1946 - 2023
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 769
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 770
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 771
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 772
1944 - 1989
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 773
1899 - 1977
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 774
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 775
1944 - 1973
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 776
1922 - 1996
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 777